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Sunday, December 11, 2011

Proposed 2012 Bike Lanes

At the BAC Facilities meeting held Tuesday, December 6, District Department of Transportation staff introduced a proposed map of bike lanes to be added to the system in 2012.

The following map contains proposed bike infrastructure improvements / ideas that could be implemented within the District some time in calendar year 2012. The items in red are improvements proposed for 2011 but not completed. DDOT hopes to include those routes in 2012.

One of the proposed routes include L and M Streets between Pennsylvania Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue NW. While these lanes were planned for some time, the bike community voiced concern when Terry Bellamy said during his confirmation hearing as director of the DDOT that the dedicated lanes were "on hold" and at the risk of cancellation, as reported by Washington Examiner and other information outlets.

Also, you can overlay the current bike lanes on the map. Click the larger view of this map and then the traffic link at the upper right corner, then hit bicycling.

Just added: Some respondents have states that some currently stripped bike lanes have deteriorated and need to be repaint. BAC will add these streets to the map using the color tangreen. (Some people stated that tan was more difficult to see when near freeways). Also, the map on this page does not contain all the possible additions. The larger map has a second page that shows additional bike improvements.